Croizat's perspective on species

[Michael Gochfeld]

"John R. Grehan" wrote:

> As a possibly interesting addition to the recent discussion of species
> I have included below an excerpt concerning the species by Leon
> Croizat (1961: Principia Botanica 1b: 1462-1463). It may be no
> ‘better’ or ‘worse’ than any other opinion, but it may provide a
> slightly different slant to the most common perspectives. It might
> appeal to some, and not to others. Of course it is doubtful that any
> of the species specialists would have every consulted Croizat’s
> opinion but if anyone knows otherwise it would be interesting to know.
> I hope I have not made any serious typological errors in transcribing
> from the original.

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With regard to John's penultimate sentence above:  When I was at the
AMNH  Croizat's work was central in many of the discussions (often loud
and vituperative) of the Systematics Discussion Group.  I can't say how
much consultation it gets now, but in the early 1970's it was certainly
consulted, repeated, reinterpreted, and argued by systematists there.

Mike Gochfeld


 
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